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celerity

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cheerful speed

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cerebral

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intellectual

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circumscribed

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isolated

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cloying

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saccharine

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confound

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perplex

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conjecture

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guess

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constituent

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voter

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consummate

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complete; perfect

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curtail

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abridge; cut short

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debased

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morally low

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decorous

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having propriety

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denuded

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made ineffective

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desultory

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aimless

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diaphanous

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sheer, gauzy

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didactic

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relating to instruction

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dilatory

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aimless

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din

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noise

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dirge

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funeral song

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discomfited

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embarrassed

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discretionary

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showing prudence

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disingenuous

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dishonest

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disposed

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behaviorally inclined

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edifice

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building

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effigy

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sculpture or model of a person

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egregious

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blatantly wrong

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emollient

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soothing lotion

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enervate

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drain of energy

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empirical

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based on data and evidence

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enfranchise

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free from slavery; bestow the right to vote

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epitaph

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words inscribed on a tomb

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espouse

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support

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expurgate

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delete obscene or other undesirable material from a text

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extant

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existing

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felicitous

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suitable

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fabrication

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lie

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flotilla

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fleet of ships

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flotsam

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wreckage, debris floating around

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galvanize

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incite

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gingerly

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carefully

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grovel

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beg or plead

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hapless

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unfortunate

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harbinger

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omen

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histrionic

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melodramatic

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hermetic

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sealed in an airtight manner

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incantation

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invocation

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inchoate

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not fully formed

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incisive

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harsh; vitriolic

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incumbent

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one who holds political office

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indelible

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permanent

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ineffable

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incapable of expression in words

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inexorable

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steadfast; resolute

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inflammatory

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likely to excite rage or disorder

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insular

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isolated; remote

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intemperate

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excessive; immoderate

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interlocutor

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one who participates in conversation or dialogue

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intractable

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hard to control

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jaded

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bored from too much pleasure or overindulgence

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jingoism

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aggressive touting of one;s patriotism

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juggernaut

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relentless force

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juxtapose

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place things side by side for the sake of comparing

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kinetic

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relating to motion and energy

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leviathon

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something huge

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licentious

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morally lax

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mawkishness

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overly sweet sentimentality

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melee

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hand-to-hand fight involving several participants

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mendacity

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deceit, dishonesty, fabrication

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milieu

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environment

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multifarious

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varied

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munificence

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kindness

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myopic

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short-sighted

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naiveté

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lack of experience or sophistication

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nondescript

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featureless

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nonplussed

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confused to the point of being unable to act or speak

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obfuscate

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obscure the meaning of

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obliged

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forced

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obstreperous

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unruly, argumentative

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olfactory

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relating to the sense of smell

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onerous

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burdensome

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opprobrium

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scorn

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ostensible

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apparent

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panacea

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cure-all

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partisan

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biased

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pathos

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empathy

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pedagogic

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relating to education

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perfidious

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disloyal

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petulant

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irritable

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plaudit

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praise

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pontificate

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speak in a supercilious and self-important manner

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precept

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rule of behavior or action

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precipitate

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make happen before planned

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prescience

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foresight

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probity

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honesty, integrity

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profligate

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prodigal

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proliferate

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reproduce or multiply quickly

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promulgate

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make known

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prose

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writing that is not poetry

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prowess

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valor, skill

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pundit

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erudite

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quibble

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find fault with

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